Beestons Coaches

Saturday 26 November 2016 – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh YN03 DFE seen turning at Chequer Square, Bury St. Edmunds when working the ‘Park and Ride’ shuttle for the Christmas Fayre (on hire to Mulleys Motorways). It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus (459) in May 2003.

Saturday 26 November 2016 – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh YN03 DFE seen turning at Chequer Square, Bury St. Edmunds when working the ‘Park and Ride’ shuttle for the Christmas Fayre (on hire to Mulleys Motorways). It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus (459) in May 2003.

Saturday 12 August 2017 (1550) – Beestons Coaches, Hadleigh YX65 ZJU, Plaxton Panther 3 bodied Volvo B8R new in December 2015. Flagfinders, Braintree GB04 FLG, a Bova Futura FHD 13-340 new to Anitas, Stansted Airport in March 2004 registered RY04 ERN. Seen in the coach parking area at the July Racecourse at Newmarket.

Sunday 24 Sep 2017 (1331) – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh YN66 ENF seen on a trip to Southwold. Based on a Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis the Turas T900 bodywork was built by Brian Noone Limited of Maynooth in Ireland. It was new circa October 2016.

Monday 25 September 2017 (1001) – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh 526 FN seen at Southwold having brought a party of teenage students on a field trip. It is Van Hool Astrobel bodied Volvo B12BT new to Hams Travel, Flimwell, East Sussex in May 2009 registered WA09 DZP (later re-registered DW09 HAM).

Tuesday 4 September 2007 (approx 1020) - Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh V335 EAK seen in the Old Cattle Market bus station in Ipswich. It was an East Lancs Cityzen bodied Scania N113DRB new to Kettlewells of Retford in September 1999.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1109) – Beestons Coaches YX17 OHR, a Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B8R new in April 2017, seen parked on Civic Drive, Ipswich.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1110) – Beestons Coaches YX17 OHR, a Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B8R new in April 2017, seen parked on Civic Drive, Ipswich.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1104) – Beestons Coaches YN55 NJZ seen in Friars Street, Ipswich arriving from Sudbury via Hadleigh on service 91. It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new to Reading Buses as their 818 in November 2005. This is the bus that was blown off the road into a field during high winds in October 2013.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1212) – Crown Street lay-by in Ipswich is used by various operators whilst their vehicles are on layover in the town. In this photograph, taken from the upper deck of Ipswich Buses 12 (LG02 FDC) as it was passing by, is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD of Beestons of Hadleigh and M & A Dabbs Felixstowe Travel YN08 FEG, an UNVI Touring bodied Mercedes-Benz

Friday 2 February 2018 (1133) – The layover bays at the Old Cattle Market bus station in Ipswich. From left to right the buses are: Ipswich Buses 35 (YR61 RTV) had just parked up after arriving from Colchester on the former Carters Coaches service (service 93). It is a Scania OmniCity N230UD new to First Centrewest in October 2011 (First fleet number SN36050) Ipswich Buses 78 (YX14 RWL), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 new in March 2014 Beestons Coaches YN55 NJZ, an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new to Reading Buses as their 818 in November 2005

Friday 2 February 2018 (1119) – The layover bays at the Old Cattle Market bus station in Ipswich. From left to right the buses are: Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM), an East Lancs Lowlander bodied DAF DB250LF new in October 2002, in the special livery to commemorate the centenary of Ipswich’s buses marked way way back in 2003 Ipswich Buses 78 (YX14 RWL), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 new in March 2014 Beestons Coaches YN55 NJZ, an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new to Reading Buses as their 818 in November 2005 First Eastern Counties 32488 (AU53 HKF), an Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL new in October 2003 Beestons Coaches YN03 DFJ, an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus as their 461 in April 2003

Saturday 31 August 2019 (1316) – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh YX18 KOH, an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC new in May 2018, seen heading in to Long Melford bound for an Ipswich Town football match. (The Ipswich fans would be more than pleased at their result - Ipswich 3 v Shrewsbury 0). In the distance is a Chambers liveried Konectbus East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD about to turn right into Bull Lane as it headed to Lavenham and Bury St. Edmunds on the 1300 service 753 from Sudbury. Long Melford derives its name from its long main street. All along the main street there are numerous arts and crafts shops, tea shops, stylish clothing shops and hostelries which make it a popular place to visit. Just outside the village are Kentwell Hall and the National Trust’s Melford Hall.

Saturday 31 August 2019 (1316) – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh YX18 KOH, an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC new in May 2018, seen heading in to Long Melford bound for an Ipswich Town football match. (The Ipswich fans would be more than pleased at their result - Ipswich 3 v Shrewsbury 0). Long Melford derives its name from its long main street. All along the main street there are numerous arts and crafts shops, tea shops, stylish clothing shops and hostelries which make it a popular place to visit. Just outside the village are Kentwell Hall and the National Trust’s Melford Hall.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1506) – Sudbury bus station. Left to right; Eastern Counties Omnibus Company VR243 (JAH 243V), an Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol VR new in November 1979. Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh Leyland Nationals LDW362P (New to Cynon Valley (17) in January 1976) and WGY 594S (New to British Airways (C049) in June 1978). H C Chambers and Son of Bures D172 LTA, a Reeve Burgess bodied Dodge S56 new to Plymouth City Transport (72) in October 1986.

Saturday 28 November 2009 (1107) – One of the many visiting coaches to Bury St Edmunds for the Christmas Fayre was this, a most striking Van Hool Astrobel bodied Volvo B12BT double decker of Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh. WA09 AZD, added to the fleet in April 2009, had just reversed off Stand 9 in the bus station.

Wednesday 12 September 2012 (1205) – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh, Suffolk 229 LRB, a Van Hool Alizée bodied Scania new in 2004, seen in Bury St Edmunds bus station. (Previous registration numbers YN04 ANV and 222 GRA?). Registration number 229 GRB was first issued to a Leyland PD2 double decker bought new by Chesterfield Corporation in January 1960.

Wednesday 12 September 2012 (1205) – Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh, Suffolk 229 LRB, a Van Hool Alizée bodied Scania new in 2004, seen in Bury St Edmunds bus station. (Previous registration numbers YN04 ANV and 222 GRA?). Registration number 229 GRB was first issued to a Leyland PD2 double decker bought new by Chesterfield Corporation in January 1960.